Agra tourists with heart problems have less to worry

Vishal Sharma
Agra. Located over a vast stretch of land, the Mughal monuments in Agra cause a strenuous physical exercise for tourists.
This physical stress sometimes calls for emergency medical aid to be provided to heart patients inside the monuments, which was completely unavailable in the past. But in the new year, the situation will change completely, with the Agra Development Authority installing automatic external sefibrillators at the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri.
The arrangement will incur an initial cost of Rs 30 lakh, and is a precautionary measure to ward off the danger of any mishap at the monuments caused due to cardiac problems of any tourist.
According to Ashok Kumar, Agra divisional commissioner and chairman, Agra Development Authority (ADA), initially, this comprised installation of one machine at the Taj Mahal, a second at the Shilpgram vehicle parking, and one inside the VIP battery-bus, meant exclusively for the VIPs visiting the monument.
But later on, the proposal was modified to include other monuments like Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri, and a budgetary allocation of Rs 30 lakh made for the purchase of at least 8-10 such machines.
Kumar said irrespective of whether it was the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort or Fatehpur Sikri, a medical emergency, especially cardiac arrest in any of these monuments could almost always prove fatal without adequate medical aid within the monument, as all these monuments were too far away for any hospital.
According to the commissioner, funds will be arranged from the toll-tax obtained by the ADA from the ticket sales at these monuments, and the machines will become operational shortly. The machines will be functional first at the Taj Mahal , with trained paramedic staff to provide emergency medical aid to tourists.

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